In Quattrone Case,
'Nice' Prosecutor Wins

The Government's David Anders
Was Often Polite -- but Relentless;
A Softball Star Avoided Errors

By

Susan Pulliam and

Randall Smith Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated May 4, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- The polite dialogue between the government's lead prosecutor and former Silicon Valley investment banker Frank Quattrone could have seemed to some in the courtroom like a niceness competition befitting the Marx Brothers.

At one point in the case, lead prosecutor David Anders helped re-enact Mr. Quattrone's testimony from the first trial by imitating the investment banker. Mr. Quattrone complimented Mr. Anders on his...